South Korea Offers Cardboard Kamikaze Drones Potentially Cheaper than FPV Copters

The production of drones from improvised materials is no longer a novelty, but the cost-cutting and simplification of this process is still far from hitting the ceiling. A notable example is the recently presented Korean startup Peach, which showcased its product, the Papydrone-800, at the KADEX 2024 exhibition in Daejeon. Continue reading

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Contributes to Development of the Future Combat Air System

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has announced that SATNUS (a company formed by GMV, Sener Aeroespacial and Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía) has counted on its collaboration in the ambitious European program Future Combat Air System (FCAS). This program aims to develop a future-generation weapon system (NGWS), which will integrate a new generation of manned fighters (NGF) and multiple remotely piloted air systems (Remote Carriers or RC), all interconnected through a Combat Cloud (CC). Continue reading

Mayman Aerospace Completes Successful RAZOR VTOL Aircraft Flight Tests

Mayman Aerospace has completed successful flight tests at a military base in the Southern California desert of its RAZOR test bed VTOL aircraft. The RAZOR test bed is exactly the same dimensions and weight as the RAZOR P100 and uses the same propulsion, engine gimballing, thrust vectoring and flight control systems. Continue reading

New Funding for 50-Mile BVLOS Flights Through NAS from Grand Forks Air Base

Project ULTRA, a leading initiative to accelerate integration of  Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS), has officially received approval for Task Order 2. With $3.49 million in funding approved by the Office of Undersecretary of Defense (A&S) and Grand Forks County, Task Order 2 will focus on transitioning from simulations to live flight operations, taking a significant step toward advancing air traffic management technology and logistics. Continue reading